Lula and Bolsonaro in dead heat as Brazil goes to polls
- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro traded accusations and used controversies to attract undecided voters before Brazil’s October 4 election.
- Polls showed Lula and Bolsonaro in a close race, with a runoff expected on October 25.
- An electoral court ordered the removal of posts falsely claiming that Bolsonaro would remove Brazil’s patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida.
- Bolsonaro faced a corruption investigation linked to financing a film about his father, while Lula promoted welfare measures.
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For the first time in the history of Brazilian democracy, the television network Globo suspended the traditional presidential debate that preceded Sunday’s elections, amid judicial actions presented by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other candidates, and the resistance of Flavio Bolsonaro shortly before the event. The unprecedented cancellation occurs while the polls show the two main candidates in a technical tie, with a slight advanta…
Brazilians Head to the Polls Sunday in Tight Presidential Race
SAO PAULO (VINnews) — Brazilians vote Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that will decide whether President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva keeps power or the country turns back toward the right-wing movement of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Polls show Lula, 80, and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president’s eldest son, effectively […]
Brasilia. Brazil’s largest television station cancelled the presidential debate scheduled for yesterday, after receiving two judicial decisions that modified the rules of the meeting and after the decision of the two main candidates, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, not to participate.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his rival Flavio Bolsonaro have resorted to every possible scandal in an attempt to discredit each other and mislead voters ahead of Sunday's tense elections.
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